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20 hours ago, Reading Rebel said:

Dulwich are living proof that money doesn't always buy you success.

OK they're not among the top payers in the division but they should be a lot higher than where they are. 

So, great match day crowds providing significant turnover, but where's the money go? The cost of a supposed new ground and the cost of being at the present stadium maybe big factors in why the team isn't that great. We'll never know, but strange to see them and Concord struggling together, the latter with the smallest crowds and therefore turnover. Tuesday's game should be interesting!

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53 minutes ago, Bernie Gogan said:

So, great match day crowds providing significant turnover, but where's the money go? The cost of a supposed new ground and the cost of being at the present stadium maybe big factors in why the team isn't that great. We'll never know, but strange to see them and Concord struggling together, the latter with the smallest crowds and therefore turnover. Tuesday's game should be interesting!

I think you're right in what you say Bernie.

I reckon you've got to add in poor recruitment as well.

The Concord manager said that the two clubs are like chalk and cheese, one gets gates of 3,000 and the other gets 300.

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55 minutes ago, Reading Rebel said:

I think you're right in what you say Bernie.

I reckon you've got to add in poor recruitment as well.

The Concord manager said that the two clubs are like chalk and cheese, one gets gates of 3,000 and the other gets 300.

Yeah Dulwich is a mystery I’m sure if we had those crowds we be in the national league 

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9 hours ago, bonjour said:

I went along with a few other rebel fans to see Virginia Water v Windsor. 

Windsor won 2-1 with a last minute winner and Guy Hollis played as a centre forward.

 

 

 

 

Bonjour, was Guy any good up front?

I once advocated putting Guy Hollis upfront in a one off game[maybe two or three] for Slough when we had a lack of forwards[injured and not scoring] alongside another striker because his raw strength/power may be good to play off. I didn't believe he would be the new Alan Shearer.I just thought for an emergency he might have been useful,as he has done playing as a makeshift goalkeeper on occasion.

I don't know for a fact but I wonder if Guy Hollis will be with Beaconsfield next season with possibly Sean Fraser,too.   

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1 hour ago, 3spirit said:

Bonjour, was Guy any good up front?

I once advocated putting Guy Hollis upfront in a one off game[maybe two or three] for Slough when we had a lack of forwards[injured and not scoring] alongside another striker because his raw strength/power may be good to play off. I didn't believe he would be the new Alan Shearer.I just thought for an emergency he might have been useful,as he has done playing as a makeshift goalkeeper on occasion.

I don't know for a fact but I wonder if Guy Hollis will be with Beaconsfield next season with possibly Sean Fraser,too.   

I've never seen Guy Hollis don the gloves, you could be getting mixed up with Ben Harris.

Guy's now 32 and what with his continuous work commitments a regular game at a club lower down like Virginia Water could be his preference.  

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After my trip to Windsor last night I decided to go along and watch the play off semi final between Marlow and Hanworth Villa.

Let's just say it was a typical Marlow match with lots of antics, I'm sure you can work that out.

A few things from the match was the joy of one Marlow player when he accidentally kicked the ball into a Hanworth players face and knocked him out ( thankfully he was ok ) but the celebrations to his mates in the crowd i just can't describe.

Then Marlow had a player sent off for a two footed challenge which resulted in the game being held up for 5 minutes while the player was treated and then he had to be carried off, which to my astonishment sparked the crowd to shout out cheat cheat.

the game was also held up on three occasions due to flares being thrown onto the pitch behind the Hanworth goal. The stewards didn't seem to take this to seriously as when they picked them up they decided to perform a red arrows flying display with them.

Then the goal, a corner in the twelfth minute of injury time,taken by Sam Merson. His first attempt was headed straight back to him but his delivery back into the box was perfect as he found the Hanworth centre half six yards out who gave the keeper no chance with a great header. That centre half? as mentioned in a previous post was George Wells.

an enjoyable evening amongst the 372 others.

Marlow 1 Hanworth Villa 2

Early days of match reports but I'm learning from the master Holyport Rebel, may take sometime.

 

 

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1 hour ago, bonjour said:

After my trip to Windsor last night I decided to go along and watch the play off semi final between Marlow and Hanworth Villa.

Let's just say it was a typical Marlow match with lots of antics, I'm sure you can work that out.

A few things from the match was the joy of one Marlow player when he accidentally kicked the ball into a Hanworth players face and knocked him out ( thankfully he was ok ) but the celebrations to his mates in the crowd i just can't describe.

Then Marlow had a player sent off for a two footed challenge which resulted in the game being held up for 5 minutes while the player was treated and then he had to be carried off, which to my astonishment sparked the crowd to shout out cheat cheat.

the game was also held up on three occasions due to flares being thrown onto the pitch behind the Hanworth goal. The stewards didn't seem to take this to seriously as when they picked them up they decided to perform a red arrows flying display with them.

Then the goal, a corner in the twelfth minute of injury time,taken by Sam Merson. His first attempt was headed straight back to him but his delivery back into the box was perfect as he found the Hanworth centre half six yards out who gave the keeper no chance with a great header. That centre half? as mentioned in a previous post was George Wells.

an enjoyable evening amongst the 372 others.

Marlow 1 Hanworth Villa 2

Early days of match reports but I'm learning from the master Holyport Rebel, may take sometime.

 

 

You'd like to think the antics by the stewards and the flares being thrown would be in the refs report but somehow I just doubt it.

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